Re: Selecting a random record from more than 1 table

2005-01-14 Thread Rhino
- Original Message - From: Christian Biggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:07 AM Subject: Selecting a random record from more than 1 table Hi Guys I am trying to display 1 random record taken from 2 tables. I have tried the following

Re: Selecting a random record from more than 1 table

2005-01-14 Thread Rhino
from more than 1 table - Original Message - From: Christian Biggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:07 AM Subject: Selecting a random record from more than 1 table Hi Guys I am trying to display 1 random record taken from 2 tables

Selecting a random record from more than 1 table

2005-01-13 Thread Christian Biggins
Hi Guys I am trying to display 1 random record taken from 2 tables. I have tried the following; SELECT table1.record1, table1.record2, table2.record1 FROM table1, table2 ORDER BY RAND() Limit 1 With no luck... So now I am trying to use CREATE VIEW but also with no luck... Can anybody help out?